Tsuki-chan: After all this time, I finally started the new story! Sorry it took so long, it's just that it was hard to begin a new story. TT . TT I hope u can forgive me.
Enjoy the new story, Future Expectations!
Summary: Akatsuki, the Chuunin Exams, Itachi being tempted by power, and that bastard Kane. As soon as things settle down, Sakura finds her life spinning out of control.
Pairings: SakuraItachi SakuSasukeNarutoGaaraNejietcetc (Saku's the younger Sakura)
READ THIS PART PLEASE!
Yes, I changed Sasuke's parents name to Fugaku and Mikoto. I know that's their true names, I didn't know until after I wrote the story. Now I am going by their real names so please, PLEASE, stop telling me that I used the wrong names. It's not that I don't appreciate you guys trying to help me; it's just that I already said this in the previous chapters of Past Experiences but no one bothered to read it and they continue pestering me about it!
THANK YOU AND ENJOY THE PROGLUE!
"Where am I?" Sakura looked around. There wasn't anything surrounding her, only darkness. She jumped back when before her was another her! Sakura's pink hair was now all the way to her waist tied into a single tight plait and held up on the back of her head by senbon. Her doppelganger smiled at her.
Unlike Sakura's own emerald eyes, her copy's eyes still retained the childlike innocence. Her copy lifted its hands and placed it on Sakura's cheek with the black gloves, the gloves Itachi had gotten her for her birthday. The material felt soft under her skin, betraying none of the weariness it must have gone through fighting with her.
Like her own clothes, her copy wore the same thing. It was the same style she had worn before her whole fiasco going back in time. Her copy smiled at her, wrapping her arms around Sakura's neck so that they were nose to nose. The innocent eyes seemed so menacing. "Who are you?" her copy whispered to her with those gentle eyes.
"Sakura-neechan, Sakura-neechan!" she was jerked away by the weight that landed on her back. Sakura sleepily opened her eyes and saw a similar pair of emerald eyes look back at her. Remembering her dream, Sakura almost jerked back until she saw who it was.
It was chibi-Sakura-chan.
Okay, so she couldn't really call her chibi anymore since her 'younger' self was now twelve years old. To avoid confusion, everyone that called the older Sakura, Sakura-chan, called the younger one Saku. It made things easier and stopped all the headaches that had formed.
"Don't you think you're too old to jump on my back?" she asked with a grin as Saku slipped off of her. "You're getting too big. Before you know it, you're going to break my back."
It had been four years since the incident with Haruko. During those years, Sakura felt as if she had lived the best years of her lives. Everything was so peaceful and what was so great was that Itachi hadn't destroyed the Uchiha Clan. The proud symbol of the fan still stood strong within the Uchiha district.
"I'm not fat!" Saku cried. Sakura rolled her eyes. Had she really been like this when she had been younger?
Getting out of bed, she began to trudge down to the kitchen. "Yes, yes, you're so skinny I think you should eat more." The two of them were living in Saku's home. Sakura glanced at the photo hanging on the wall. It was a family portrait. The feeling of awkwardness disappeared whenever she saw four people inside the picture.
Her mother, her father, Saku, and… her.
Sakura hadn't been surprised when a few days later; a letter arrived stating the deaths of her parents. Thanks to Haruko's spell, her lies were gone and everyone truly believed she was the older sister of Saku. She still remembered how Saku refused to leave her room, staying there isolated from others for a week.
No matter what they did, she wouldn't leave. Even Naruto and Sasuke's combined efforts were no good. It wasn't until Mikoto and Sakura managed to coax Saku to come out to the cherry blossoms festival did she finally begin to heal. Since the Hokage presumed Sakura was eligible to watch over Saku, they had agreed to let them live alone only if Mikoto and Fugaku agreed to be their guardians until Sakura was of legal age.
Two more years to go, after all she had been the same age as Itachi when she had arrived into the past.
"Today's the day I meet my Gennin team!" Saku said proudly, her hitai-ate gleaming brilliantly on her head. "I hope I get along with my teammates."
"Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if you did." Sakura said with a knowing grin. Saku's eyes lit up.
"You know who my teammates are, don't you?"
"I don't know." Sakura said, lying through her teeth. Saku, having known Sakura for years (well in her mind), knew she was lying and began to pester her.
"C'mon neechan, tell me!" she whined.
"No," Sakura said placing the steaming rice in front of Saku. "Promise me one thing though Saku-chan."
"Hm?" she asked chewing her food.
"That you'll never give up on your teammates."
Kane licked the blood off of his kunai. Rei looked a few feet away in disgust. This was the man that he respected and admired? The demon that was licking the blood from the kunai like a kitten who was licking milk off of its claws. As if drunk by the blood, there was a delirious look in Kane's eyes.
They were miles away from Konoha but already word of their presence had been alerted to Konoha. They were probably sending shinobis to attack. Kane smiled, putting his kunai away. It would be nice to see those Konoha brats after all these years.
Four years ago, he had stormed into Konoha and had taken care of a great deal of their shinobis. He even remembered some of them since some of the ones he killed had memories of a certain kunoichi. What were their names? Oh yes, there was that big boned one, Chouji… hm… the weapons girl Tenten who had been protecting the Hyuuga heiress, Hinata. They had been particularly delicious.
Who else was there, of course he couldn't forget that strong spirited bowl haired boy. Rock Lee, he hadn't killed him. Rei had the honors of doing that. Kane smile grew, thanks to the death of Haruko; Rei had decided to get rid of anyone who that kunoichi cared for. No longer was the thought of killing others for no reason bothered Rei as long as it somehow hurt that kunoichi…
That kunoichi named Haruno Sakura.
Kane could still remember the look in the Kyuubi host, Naruto, and the Uchiha. Their expressions had been so hilarious, especially since Naruto had been raving about how Sakura was in the past. That was now kind of hard to believe since her body was found, mutilated, somewhere near Sound.
That was his last debt to Haruko. The fools didn't even realize that it was actually a genjutsu on a rock. The jutsu Haruko had used made it seem as if Sakura was dead but Kane had made it more believable by providing them a body.
"Kane." Rei barked.
He turned around, looking at Rei lazily. "What do you want now?"
"Why did we attack this village? There was no reason to."
"Hm, here I thought you didn't mind mindless slaughter." Rei said inspecting his work. Everything was torn apart; there was no living soul near them.
"I don't if it'll somehow hurt that bitch but these people have no connection what so ever with her." Rei crossed his arms, wrinkling his nose at the scent of death and decay. He had never really been fond of that scent.
Kane kicked over a nearby body. The person was dead. How boring, there was no more live prey. "Yes but if you have already forgotten, that 'bitch' is too caring for her own good. It'll definitely hurt her if we told her about the slaughter of innocent people were due to her actions."
Rei's eyes seemed to lit up at that statement. 'What a fool' Kane thought 'you were always too easy to manipulate Rei, even when we were gennin. That will soon be your downfall'.
He actually had bigger plans in mind. Akatsuki had gotten wind of their presence and had been looking for them. Everything was going according to plan. Kane chuckled, fingering the hilt of his katana. It was midnight red and had a white circle on it, the symbol of the Haruno family.
'I can't wait until we meet… little Sakura-chan.'
Tsuki-chan: The intro is a bit… well… stupid to me but like I said, this is only the intro. It might as well not be part of the story but it seemed a bit needed. - . -U I just contradicted myself… I think. Grr, im also a bit angry. I think i made Saku-chan sound a little bit like a brat. Oh well, this is just the beginning...
Gaaahhh, either way, please review.